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For Some Women With ADHD, TikTok Is the First Place They Felt Heard
Emilie Leyes, 27, works with actors in New York to build mental resilience and manage work stress. When she started scrolling through TikToks about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), it was because she wanted to learn more about people with ADHD—so that she could better help clients who had the condition.
Leyes quickly discovered, though, that she identified strongly with the people in these videos.
“I truly had no idea I had ADHD until I joined TikTok,” she says.
Leyes is one of many women to conclude that they have ADHD after spending time on the platform. The ADHD hashtag o...
Source: TIME: Health - September 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kitty Ruskin Tags: Uncategorized biztech2030 Health Care healthscienceclimate Social Media Source Type: news
Can vitamins be used to treat ADHD in adults?
Conclusion
This RCT, assessing the effects of a micronutrient formula compared with placebo in 80 adults with ADHD, has various strengths in its design. These include:
the fact it was double blind, with neither participants nor researchers knowing which group they were assigned to
the use of valid diagnostic criteria
assessments were carried out regularly on a range of recognised assessment scales during the course of the trial
There are, however, some points to bear in mind when considering the results:
While the micronutrient formula had significant benefits over the placebo group on a few assessment sc...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 31, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Neurology Food/diet Source Type: news
Brain scans offer fresh insights into ADHD
Conclusion
This research, based on comparing the brain scans of people with ADHD with those without, highlighted areas of brain connectivity that were different in the two groups. These regions have previously been associated with some of the symptoms characteristic of ADHD.
The study's authors were considered in their conclusions and did not suggest that improvements in ADHD diagnosis could be made based on their results. They called for further research to confirm and validate their findings and to develop further understanding of the neurological basis of ADHD.
It is feasible this sort of technology might be used to...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Mental health Source Type: news
An ADHD diagnosis puts girls at much higher risk for other mental health problems
Girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are at higher risk than girls without ADHD for multiple mental disorders that often lead to cascading problems such as abusive relationships, teenage pregnancies, poor grades and drug abuse, UCLA psychologists report in the journal Pediatrics.The researchers, who conducted by far the most comprehensive analysis of girls and ADHD, report:37.7 percent of girls with ADHD met criteria for an anxiety disorder, compared with only 13.9 percent of girls without ADHD.10.3 percent of girls with ADHD were diagnosed with depression compared with only 2.9 percent without ADHD.42 per...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - October 4, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Antidepressant use in pregnancy linked to ADHD
Conclusion
This study suggests a potential link between women taking antidepressants during pregnancy and an increased risk of ADHD, but not ASDs, in their children. The limitation to this type of study is that factors other than the antidepressants, such as the depression itself, or genetic factors increasing both depression and ADHD risk, might be causing the effect seen.
The researchers used various methods to take this into account, but acknowledge that other factors could still be having an effect. While the link with ADHD remained significant after taking maternal depression into account, it did not remain significan...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Pregnancy/child Medication Source Type: news
Worldwide ADHD Rates Are Higher Than Ever, And It Might Be America's Fault
Diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have surged globally, rising as much as tenfold in some countries. The disorder has become a cultural and economic phenomenon -- but it may not be a medical one, according to one scientist who studies the sociology of health and illness.
"Exporting American-based diagnoses like ADHD is really exporting American behavioral norms under the guise of medicine," Peter Conrad, professor of sociology at Brandeis University, told The Huffington Post. "With millions more kids (and adults) likely to be diagnosed with and treated for ADHD in the next decades we see the exp...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 24, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
What Everyone Gets Wrong About ADHD
Despite an increase in diagnoses, plenty of stigma still surrounds attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. Adults with ADHD (or parents of children with the disorder) are often somehow blamed for the condition -- as if they're not trying hard enough to control a wide range of symptoms, which can include difficulty focusing, difficulty processing information quickly, fidgeting, impatience and more.
Every year, ADHD affects more than 4 percent of Americans over the age of 18 -- adults who are learning, working and living fulfilling, successful lives alongside people who assume those with ADHD are somehow less tha...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Keith Conners, Father of ADHD, Regrets Its Current Misuse
Keith Conners can rightly be called the "Father of ADHD". He was there at the birth of the disorder and probably knows more about it than anyone else on the planet. Fifty years ago, well before there was an ADHD diagnosis, Dr Conners analyzed the data on the very first randomized trial of dextro-amphetamine (Dexedrine)- studying its efficacy in kids with severe restlessness and impulsivity. Soon after, he conducted the first trial of the then new drug, methylphenidate (Ritalin). Dr Conners developed the standard rating scales used for assessing children in research and clinical practice and for measuring the impact of trea...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 28, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Millions Of Adult Women Have ADHD. So Why Does It Feel So Lonely?
Life as a 31-year-old with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) presents certain challenges for Erin Soto, a stay-at-home mom with 7- and 9-year-old boys. She was diagnosed as a teenager and prescribed medication, but it made her feel like a “zombie.” Now, she manages her symptoms with a therapist ― and with lists. Every night before bed, Soto meticulously outlines what she needs to accomplish the next day, a tool that helps keep her focused, but that can also exacerbate her anxiety.
“A normal person can create a list and if they don’t get through it, they’ll be fine,” Soto ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ADHD Rises By Almost 25% In 1 Decade
WebMD Medical News
By Kathleen Doheny
Reviewed by Hansa D. Bhargava, MD
Jan. 21, 2013 — The number of children with ADHD is rising rapidly, according to a study of more than 840,000 California children.
While the research findings echo those of nationwide studies, the new study is stronger than some other studies, says researcher Darios Getahun, MD, PhD, a scientist at Kaiser Permanente Southern California, a large health plan.
“We relied on the clinical diagnosis of ADHD [by doctors] and medication prescriptions rather than teacher or parent report,” he says.
From 2001 to 2010, the rate of new cases of ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: WebMD News Source Type: news
Children May Not Actually 'Grow Out' Of ADHD After All
There's a common myth that most children or adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder grow out of the condition as they get older. A new study suggests that it's not that simple. A University of Cambridge study, published Wednesday in the journal European Child Adolescent Psychiatry, found that young adults who had ADHD when they were younger exhibited differences in brain structure and poorer memory performance compared to their peers who never had the disorder. Aspects of the disorder tended to persist into adulthood, even in those subjects who were not diagnosed as adults. Roughly 9 ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 31, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Conclusive Proof ADHD Is Overdiagnosed
This study used a sample of 35,343, children from the National Health Interview Survey and 18,559 children from the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey. Children born 1-3 months prior to the grade cutoff date were found to be 27% more likely to be diagnosed for ADHD and 24% more likely to be medicated for ADHD compared to children born 10-12 months prior to the grade cutoff data. The study does a nice job of relating its findings to the "real world" scale of the problem when it states, "To put our estimates into perspective, an excess of 2 percentage points implies that approximately 1.1 million children received an inapprop...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 23, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Are children who take Ritalin for ADHD at greater risk of future drug abuse?
UCLA research has shown that that children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are far more likely than other kids to develop serious substance abuse problems as adolescents and adults. But do stimulant medications used to treat ADHD contribute to the risk?
UCLA psychologists have conducted the most comprehensive assessment ever on this question and have found that children with ADHD who take medications such as Ritalin and Adderall are at no greater risk of using alcohol, marijuana, nicotine or cocaine later in life than kids with ADHD who don't take these medications.
The psychologists analyzed 15...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 29, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Experts call for more research into ADHD drug Ritalin
ConclusionThis is a well-conducted systematic review that aimed to assess the beneficial and harmful effects of methylphenidate (Ritalin being the most commonly known brand name) for children and adolescents with ADHD.The review found that methylphenidate was associated with a slight improvement in the symptoms of ADHD, compared to placebo or no treatment – just on the borderline of what would be considered clinically meaningful. However, the researchers state this improvement should be weighed up against the increased risk of adverse events, such as sleeping problems and decreased appetite. The review identified a large...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Medication Pregnancy/child Medical practice Source Type: news
Does vitamin D in pregnancy prevent ADHD?
Conclusion
This Danish birth cohort found an association between lower levels of vitamin D in umbilical cord blood and higher ADHD scores in the young child. But this should be interpreted with some caution.
This observational study does not prove that lower vitamin D levels in pregnancy have directly and independently caused ADHD symptoms in the child:
The researchers have attempted to take account of various potential confounders, but they may not have been able to fully account for all confounding factors.
The study looked at the association with ADHD scores on a problem scale, but did not get official medical dia...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy/child Mental health Source Type: news
